Thanks! I admit I wanted to get footage of the beet dump but was unable due to time constraints. I used only the best clips of all my footage I wanted to keep the point short and clear, longer form videos are better with spoken context-something I will consider doing in the future.
This is a 12 row harvester, the weight and power demand would simply be far too great, not to mention the rugged terrain in this area makes such a large machine cumbersome. There are dedicated sugar beet harvesters that top in front, harvest and store beets in a hopper all in one big machine, however it is only maybe 6 or less rows at a time! I have never seen those types of machines other than on Farm Sim games. Great thought experiment in any case!
I'm not familiar with the turbine cleaning solution. Soil can be a bit sandy in areas, but the vigorous tumbling does a rather good job removing most of the stuck-on dirt. They receive an additional tumbling on the Piler at the beet dump similar to the one on the harvester and the remainder of the dirt is largely removed. I will try to get a video of the Pilers next year for sure!
@@lepaul26 Ok I see what you are saying. I would say 95% of the dirt is removed from our beets. They get a wash process once at the refinement facility to get them perfectly clean. I am sure the beets' price reflects a percentage of dirt as a flat rate. Since we pile the beets on the ground for a few months a thin layer of dirt on the beets might help with thermal management.
Impressive beet harvest! Amazing to see the hard work and efficiency in action!
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Great clip" Just not long enough,
Thanks! I admit I wanted to get footage of the beet dump but was unable due to time constraints. I used only the best clips of all my footage I wanted to keep the point short and clear, longer form videos are better with spoken context-something I will consider doing in the future.
Thanks for your video.
How about having the topper attached to the front of the harvester-?
This is a 12 row harvester, the weight and power demand would simply be far too great, not to mention the rugged terrain in this area makes such a large machine cumbersome. There are dedicated sugar beet harvesters that top in front, harvest and store beets in a hopper all in one big machine, however it is only maybe 6 or less rows at a time! I have never seen those types of machines other than on Farm Sim games. Great thought experiment in any case!
This system has no cleaning turbines, just some rollers ?? Or is this very sandy soil ?
I'm not familiar with the turbine cleaning solution. Soil can be a bit sandy in areas, but the vigorous tumbling does a rather good job removing most of the stuck-on dirt. They receive an additional tumbling on the Piler at the beet dump similar to the one on the harvester and the remainder of the dirt is largely removed. I will try to get a video of the Pilers next year for sure!
@ElevatedHorizonsDroneSer-zf3cm i don´t know if turbine was the right word ... but like all the Ropa, Vervaet, Holmer, etc harvesters have ... 🙂,
@@lepaul26 Ok I see what you are saying. I would say 95% of the dirt is removed from our beets. They get a wash process once at the refinement facility to get them perfectly clean. I am sure the beets' price reflects a percentage of dirt as a flat rate. Since we pile the beets on the ground for a few months a thin layer of dirt on the beets might help with thermal management.
Great shots! Where is this?
Southeast Idaho- American Falls
I figured it was Idaho because of the Parma beet harvester.